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Team Gundam
Chapter 3
The Mission
Christy could just kick herself. She had just completely embarrassed herself in front of her co-workers and all the top personnel. 'What an idiot' she thought. 'I did exactly what I swore I would never do. I lost control.' The thought made her angry but she couldn't blame anyone other than herself. Sure, it had been a major bombshell, but that was life and you had to take the good with the bad. Christy straightened her shoulders and marched back down the hall. She saw Heero and Trowa standing outside the door, obviously waiting for her to return. 'Oh well, I knew I have to face them sooner or later, so let's get it over with,' her mind told her.
She curtly nodded to them and pushed open the door. Quickly apologizing for her behavior, she saluted and waited for them to tell her what they had to say. Lady Une smiled sympathetically and called to the others to come in. Heero and Trowa walked in and looked at Christy. She ignored them and stubbornly looked straight ahead, focused on what Lady Une had to say.
"Let's get down to business." Lady Une started in her usual style. "The new Oz is obviously up to something. Otherwise, they would not be setting up so many bases among the colonies. I have word that they are building a new mobile suit model. You're mission is to sneak into Oz and steal information about the model. Christy, since you have previous experience and knowledge about mobile suits, this should be no problem. In fact, you'll be in charge of analyzing the data once it is collected. Heero, Trowa, you're to support and provide backup for Christy if needed. That's all. Good luck. You're dismissed."
Christy couldn't help but smile. Her first mission as a Preventer and she was getting a huge responsibility. As she turned to leave, Noin called after her, "Christy, can I talk to you for a minute in my office. Christy followed Noin into her office.
"Christy, I know you have had quite a bomb shell dropped on you today. I just want to make sure you can go forth with an extensive operation such as this." She said.
"Ms. Noin, I vow not to let my personal life interfere with my professional one." Christy assured her.
Noin nodded, "Okay then, good luck."
Christy sighed and walked down the hall. She was deep in thought about her first mission beginning the next day that she walked right into the guy who had been disruptive during her first speech, knocking them both down. He quickly jumped up and offered her his hand.
"Sorry about that! Didn't see you there!" he exclaimed. She took his hand and he helped her up.
"It's okay, no harm done," she said, brushing herself off.
"Hey! You're that new girl aren't you? I'm Duo Maxwell," he said.
"Christy Meadows," Christy introduced herself.
"So you're the one," he muttered.
"Excuse me?" she asked, completely confused.
"You're the one that is going to that new Oz base undercover. I believe you're going with Heero Yuy and Trowa Barton, right?" he asked
"That's right, we leave tomorrow morning."
"Good luck, you'll probably need it."
Christy watched him walk down the hall and thought to herself, 'Whatever he meant by that.' She dismissed any doubts she had and continued walking down the hall. She had a lot of work to finish before tomorrow.
The next morning, Christy walked up to the front of the Preventer's main building. She felt weird to be going to work without her uniform, but normal clothes wouldn't give them away like a uniform would. So instead, she wore faded old jeans, sneakers and an oversized sweatshirt with her hair pulled back as always. She sat down on the stairs and waited for the others. She knew she was early, but she didn't mind waiting. She looked up when she heard footsteps approaching. It was Trowa.
"Hey, Trowa," Christy said.
"Hi, Christa," he answered.
"Um, it's Christy," she corrected. She automatically wished she hadn't sounded so harsh when she noticed him grimace and uncomfortably look away. Quickly changing the subject, she asked him, "How far is this Oz base?"
He turned around, "About fifty miles from here, not too far." For a moment, they just looked at each other then Christy nervously looked away. Suddenly, the door to the building opened and Sally walked out.
"Where's Heero?" she asked them. They both shrugged.
"I don't know,"
"Haven't seen him,"
"I'm here," a voice said from behind them. They turned around and saw Heero jogging up the stairs.
Sally smiled, "What's this? The perfect soldier late? I never thought I'd see this day."
After Sally went over the particulars of the mission the three nodded and proceeded down the stairs. They were to take a rental car so Oz couldn't trace the license plate number back to the Preventers. After they put their things in the trunk of the car, Sally handed the keys to Christy. "I thought I'd let you do the honors." She said.
Christy accepted the keys and saluted, "I won't let the Preventers down."
"Oh, I'm not worried about that. If we were, we wouldn't have hired you," she said putting her trust into the team that had been chosen.
Lady Une and Noin walked down the stairs. "Good luck to all of you," Noin said.
"I know you can do it, so I'll leave you to it," Lady Une explained.
They saluted and then climbed in the car with Christy behind the wheel, Heero in the passenger seat and Trowa in the back seat. As they pulled onto the main highway, Christy decided to break the silence, "I looked over the map, but if you see me making a wrong turn let me know."
"What makes you think you'll mess up?" Heero said, looking at her. Trowa and Christy both looked at him in surprise. They certainly hadn't expected to hear a word from Heero, especially about something Christy said. Heero continued on, "If you really are my sister, you won't get directions mixed up."
That comment almost made Christy drive off the road. When she was able to find her voice, she replied, "I don't normally get lost, but I am only human after all. Trowa, Noin told me about when you sneaked into Oz."
Trowa looked up and smiled, "It seems like only yesterday. I'll have to use a new name this time as will Heero. His will stand out to much."
Heero sat there deep in thought. Christy wondered if, in fact, he really was her brother, they could be so different. Christy had a more playful personality and just liked to have fun, while Heero was so reserved. What an understatement!
"We're really going to have to work fast to get this info in three days. Once I record the data on this special disk I was given, we can book it, okay?" she said.
"It IS going to be hard to get the data we need in that short a time but it isn't impossible." Heero agreed.
About an hour later, they pulled through the gate to the Oz military base. They quickly found the registration office and turned in the applications they had filled out. The attendant took the papers and looked at them suspiciously, "Why are three of you here at the same time? We never have more than one person apply at a time."
Heero and Trowa seemed lost for words, but Christy came up with a believable excuse. "We've been friends for many years and have always wanted to become part of Oz. Of course, we were devastated a few years ago when Oz was almost taken out of existence. Now, we've decided this is the time to support Oz, when it's in its prime. And what better way, then with friends?" she said smoothly.
The attendant seemed convinced and gave them their uniforms and most important of all, security clearance. As they went back out into the waiting room, and waited to be called back by the commander, Christy whispered, "I can't believe they fell for that."
Trowa turned to her, "I'm sure glad you were able to come up with something fast, even if it was a bunch of crap." Christy chuckled and nodded.
That night, after the got everything unpacked in the military "dormitory", Christy leaned on the railing of the balcony and looked out into the distance of the base. Trowa and Heero were sharing a room, of course, and Christy had one to herself. She could make out the lights of the hangars and runway lights and listened to the sounds of cars going by. She didn't even notice Trowa come up beside her.
"Long day," he said, his gaze following hers. She nodded and kept looking out into the distance. "
"I can't wait to get my hands on that information," Christy muttered.
"You don't waste any time do you? Cut right to the chase," he commented.
Christy looked up at him, "Yeah I guess when I want something bad enough I go right after it. That info is really important." He turned and looked at her. Christy suddenly felt awkward and looked down at her feet.
"Well, uh, it's getting pretty late and we have to be up at 5:30 for that orientation conference. So, I guess its time to head in." She mumbled.
"You're probably right. See ya in the morning, then." He said as she went back to her room. It was going to be a long three days and he only hoped it that would be worthwhile.
******Finally! Chapter 3 is up! Chapter 4 will be up very, very soon and it will definitely have mucho action. I hope that this chapter met expectations. As always, R&R!! -Celestial Lady
